Ad2 is joining forces with the AdClub for the 2nd annual Bowling Happy Hour on the Levee. Join us on January 19th at Star Lanes on the Levee for an exciting opportunity to mingle, network and get your beer frame on! Put on your happy hour face too because we’ll have pizza, chips/salsa, soft drinks with Happy hour priced beer, wine and cocktails! Bring yourself and tell your friends to join too!

January 19th
6-9pm

$15 members
$18 non-members
$20 at the door

RSVP now at http://adclubcincy.org/events

You know you still slightly hate your parents for putting up the family pictures of yesteryear up every Christmas just to remind you how awful your impeccably matching Christmas sweater looked on you, your brother, and your sister. Never fear. Take back your pride by proving you have the ugliest Christmas Sweater at AIGA’s and Ad2′s Holiday Ugly Sweater Contest at Mainstay in downtown Cincinnati. Mainstay’s live music stage will be rockin’ while you enjoy drink specials and as much partying as your fa, la la la la can take. Join us and be merry Thursday, December 15th starting at 6pm. Blind voting for the best sweater will take place until 8pm when we’ll crown this years AIGA UGLY Sweater. If you’re an official winner or not, capture your winning grin in this years photo booth. Sure to be a crowd pleaser

$10 Entry or a dontation of a toy will gain you entry to this holiday party. Toy donations go towards Josh Cares, a non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring that no seriously ill child goes through a hospitalization without the critical support of someone who cares for them when a parent or family member cannot be there when they need them the most. At any given time, an average of 25+ critically ill children at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center are without the support of a family that is so critical to their care and healing. Josh Cares Fellows help to provide consistent support to address this need. Have a few minutes? Read on at: http://www.joshcares.org.

It’s that time of year again — time for Fire & Ice.

It’s the 6th year for this all-out party and we’re heading back to the American Sign Museum.

This year we will not only enjoy the neon signage, but we’ll have local bands [Vito Emmanuel] and a DJ, food, drinks (alcoholic and non), and plenty of raffle and door prizes!

Bring friends, family, your neighbor — anyone that would like to come out and enjoy a good time.

Tickets are for sale at:
http://fireandice2011.eventbrite.com/
http://www.adclubcincy.org/events

On October 25^th, Nathan Dye, Senior Writer at Leapfrog Interactive, talked to us about idea formulation from a creative standpoint in his presentation “What’s the Big Idea?”. As a senior level copywriter, he has held positions at a handful of agencies around town. With this in mind – he learned quickly that having a big and powerful idea often time comes with “thinking small”. He challenged us to think of all the big campaigns with quick, witty headlines “Just do it.” “Think Small.” Nathan says his success as a writer comes from being straight forward with the premise of his ideas. While you may have a full campaign thought completely out – it may be more beneficial to think of the campaign in a condensed version – chop it down to 4 – 7 words and try to sell THAT idea to the client. Everything else will fall into place afterwards!

When we asked what he felt makes a creative most successful – his response was simple: “Appreciate the other person’s talents” “Be able to think visually if you’re a writer and think with words if you’re a designer.”

Nathan’s direct answers gave us all great insight and we appreciated him coming out and talking with us!